Which of the following is an example of the connection between economics scarcity and economic development

a country with limited farmland imports most of its food

a country with few forest suffers from a shortage of building materials

a country with ample water resources suffers from shortage of safe drinking water

a country with rich coal deposits invest in mining technology

All of the given options can be seen as examples of the connection between economics scarcity and economic development. However, the most appropriate example would be the country with limited farmland importing most of its food. This demonstrates how the scarcity of a certain resource (in this case, farmland) can lead to economic development in terms of trade and imports.